Question: I’ve always said Kentucky is a football state because of what you see on Friday nights across the state during high school season. How do you feel about that and has the fan passion here surprised you any? Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tickets for the 2015 UK Men’s Basketball Alumni Charity Game, which will be held Sept. 13 at 5:30 p.m. ET in Rupp Arena, will go on sale to the public on Aug. 14, at 10 a.m. ET. For the first time, a team of University of Kentucky pros will face a team of North Carolina pros. Read more

Earlier this week Kentucky coach John Calipari said not only that his 2016 recruiting class could be his best ever at UK, but hinted he could see himself finishing his coaching career at Kentucky — something I have predicted for several years. Read more

Florida sophomore receiver Jermaine Eskridge, who had hinted he might give a verbal commitment to Kentucky even though he cannot sign scholarship papers until more than two years from, became the first commitment in UK’s 2018 recruiting class when he announced on Twitter Thursday that he planned to sign with the Wildcats. Read more

Sporting News columnist Mike DeCourcy — easily my favorite national college basketball writer/columnist — talked with Kentucky coach John Calipari about the possible conflict facing incoming freshman Jamal Murray over the start of his collegiate career versus playing for Canada in the FIBA Americas Championship Aug. 31-Sept. 12. That’s a qualifier for the 2016 Olympics Read more

George three-star defensive tackle Kobe Smith, ranked among the top 30 prospects nationally at his position, gave his verbal commitment to Kentucky Wednesday night — one day after UK received three verbal commitments from 2017 prospects. Read more

Kentucky hauled in four big-time players in its 2017 recruiting class in a 24-hour period Monday and Tuesday. So what makes Vince Marrow such a good recruiter? That's a question I asked UK coach Mark Stoops last week. Read more

Kentucky coach John Calipari said on an ESPNU podcast Tuesday that senior Alex Poythress has been cleared to resume drills and sprinted Monday for the first time since tearing a knee ligament early last season and missing the rest of the season. Read more

Former University of Kentucky star Craig Yeast had vowed not to influence his son’s college choice despite the family’s loyalty to UK and Ohio sophomore Russ Yeast said picking UK was entirely his choice. Read more